Penrod
04-20-2018, 05:42 PM
As someone said elsewhere around here, the best way to find a great piece of vintage gear is to NOT look for it. This Hollywood Sr. Turret press was bought new in 1962 by the man I bought it from last week. It had not been used in years, but reasonably well stored. After a lot of elbow grease, Evapo-Rust, Balistol, Castrol, 600-800-1200 wet/dry, Scotch-Brite purples, Clover valve grinding compound and Birchwood-Casey cold blue, it's looking 99% new and operates as smooth as a 1947 Buick Dynaflow transmission.
After I re-assembled it, I pondered a bit at the end-of-stroke adjustment. This is a set screw which strikes a boss on the press base to stop the stroke at the top. There's a good bit of range in the adjustment and I'm wondering what would be best. 1) just before top dead center 2) right on TDC, or 3) slightly over TDC the way my Star progressive does. Well, the Star actually goes a good bit past TDC.
Any suggestions?
And thanks for the many bits of information about this press I've already gathered from the forum. I was able to order four bushings for the 1-1/2 holes to give me 8 "regular" 7/8 holes.
After I re-assembled it, I pondered a bit at the end-of-stroke adjustment. This is a set screw which strikes a boss on the press base to stop the stroke at the top. There's a good bit of range in the adjustment and I'm wondering what would be best. 1) just before top dead center 2) right on TDC, or 3) slightly over TDC the way my Star progressive does. Well, the Star actually goes a good bit past TDC.
Any suggestions?
And thanks for the many bits of information about this press I've already gathered from the forum. I was able to order four bushings for the 1-1/2 holes to give me 8 "regular" 7/8 holes.